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bawl Definition

bawl (bôl)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

  1. to shout or call out noisily; bellow; yell
  2. to weep and wail loudly

Etymology: ME baulen (found only in ger.) < ML baulare, to bark & ? ON baula, to low like a cow; both of echoic orig.

noun

  1. an outcry; bellow
  2. a noisy weeping

bawl Related Forms
bawler noun
bawl Idioms

bawl out

  1. to shout or call out
  2. Slang to scold angrily
bawl Synonyms

bawl

v.

  1. To make a bellowing sound

    roar, bellow, howl, shout; see yell.

  2. To cry

    weep, wail, shed tears, sob; see cry 1.

bawl Usage Examples

Object

  • baby: But you can take comfort in the fact that a bawling baby will get you straight to the front of the queue.
  • man: Then -- " " This public theater, " bawled the man in yellow, " is only a contingent.
  • order: Just when it looked as tho they must be surrounded, the officer bawled an order.
  • ship: THE PILOT How I bawled, Ship, ahoy! Hard by Medmenham Ferry!
  • voice: At about 14.00 hours Neil's mom called us over, in her characteristic bawling voice.

Converse of object

  • have: I decided to have a little bawl to myself.

Used with why or when

  • when: Aimless bawling when the House is noisy is heard only by the loudmouth's unfortunate neighbors.

Preposition: like

  • baby: Don't like their friend Hillary, she was bawling like a baby.

Modifying Another Word

  • again: Of course when he finally does, the private starts bawling again and screams Private: " You ate my half.
  • just: I was just bawling, to tell the truth.
  • always: A friend of the couple has revealed: " Heather has always bawled Paul out, basically walking all over him.

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